Ocmulgee River at GA 18 at Dames Ferry
Highest listed crest 19.07 ftFlood stage 16.0 ft8 crests since 2009
The Ocmulgee River at GA 18 at Dames Ferry crested above flood stage 7 times among the 8 crests the National Weather Service lists from 2009 to 2024. The highest, 19.07 ft on December 27, 2015, was moderate flooding, 3.07 feet above flood stage. 5 other gauges on the Ocmulgee River crested above flood stage within a week of it.
The gauge
- Highest listed crest
- 19.07 ft
- December 27, 2015; 48,437 cubic feet per second
- Flood stage
- 16.0 ft
- Major flooding from 20.0 ft
- Crests at major
- 0
- 7 above flood stage
- Most recent flood crest
- September 29, 2024
- 18.99 ft, moderate flooding
Flood stages
The thresholds the National Weather Service uses for this gauge today, and how many listed crests reached each.
| Action stage | 15.0 | 1 | Nov 12, 2009 |
| Flood stage (minor) | 16.0 | 3 | Feb 13, 2024 |
| Moderate flood stage | 18.0 | 4 | Sep 29, 2024 |
| Major flood stage | 20.0 | 0 | — |
Every listed crest
8 crests from 2009 to 2024. Filled: at or above flood stage. Hover a crest for its date and stage.
Crests at or above flood stage, by decade
- These are the crests the local National Weather Service office lists for the gauge: the highest on record and recent crests. Lesser floods between them may be missing, so counts by decade are a floor.
- Categories use today's flood stages. Levees, dams and channel changes since a crest can make old and new stages not directly comparable.
- 1 crest measured on an earlier gauge datum is left out: 36.30 ft on Nov 29, 1948.
Highest crests
| 1 | Dec 27, 2015 | 19.07 | +3.07 | Moderate |
| 2 | Sep 29, 2024 | 18.99 | +2.99 | Moderate |
| 3 | Mar 28, 2023 | 18.62 | +2.62 | Moderate |
| 4 | Jan 1, 2016 | 18.48 | +2.48 | Moderate |
| 5 | Feb 13, 2024 | 16.29 | +0.29 | Minor |
| 6 | Feb 7, 2020 | 16.22 | +0.22 | Minor |
| 7 | Feb 20, 2020 | 16.22 | +0.22 | Minor |
| 8 | Nov 12, 2009 | 15.40 | −0.60 | Action |
The worst floods along the Ocmulgee River
For this gauge's highest crests, the other gauges on the Ocmulgee River that crested above flood stage within a week.
December 27, 2015: 19.07 ft here, moderate flooding
- AbbevilleGA · Dec 31, 2015 · 18.11 ft · Major
- US 341 at HawkinsvilleGA · Dec 29, 2015 · 29.79 ft · Moderate
- 5th Street Bridge at MaconGA · Dec 27, 2015 · 27.77 ft · Moderate
- Jackson LakeGA · Dec 26, 2015 · 531.94 ft · Minor
- JacksonGA · Dec 26, 2015 · 19.32 ft · Minor
September 29, 2024: 18.99 ft here, moderate flooding
- 5th Street Bridge at MaconGA · Sep 29, 2024 · 27.88 ft · Moderate
- AbbevilleGA · Oct 4, 2024 · 15.21 ft · Moderate
- US 341 at HawkinsvilleGA · Oct 2, 2024 · 25.11 ft · Minor
- JacksonGA · Sep 28, 2024 · 19.78 ft · Minor
March 28, 2023: 18.62 ft here, moderate flooding
- 5th Street Bridge at MaconGA · Mar 28, 2023 · 27.78 ft · Moderate
- US 341 at HawkinsvilleGA · Mar 31, 2023 · 27.66 ft · Moderate
- AbbevilleGA · Apr 2, 2023 · 16.35 ft · Moderate
Gauges on the Ocmulgee River
Flood gauges sharing the river's name, linked within 80 miles of one another.
| 5th Street Bridge at Macon | GA | 35.40 ft, Jul 6, 1994 | 1 |
| Abbeville | GA | 23.10 ft, Jul 11, 1994 | 10 |
| GA 18 at Dames Ferry this gauge | GA | 19.07 ft, Dec 27, 2015 | 0 |
| Jackson Lake | GA | 534.40 ft, Jul 6, 1994 | 0 |
| Lumber City | GA | 24.59 ft, Jul 15, 1994 | 2 |
| US 341 at Hawkinsville | GA | 40.91 ft, Jul 9, 1994 | 1 |
| Jackson | GA | 26.87 ft, Jul 6, 1994 | 2 |
Other gauges in Monroe County
| GA 83 near Juliette | 19.64 ft, Mar 28, 2023 | 0 |
Monroe County: every hazard · River floods across the country · Georgia
NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge DFYG1, retrieved October 30, 2026. Stages in feet on the gauge's own datum, not elevation. Crests are as the National Weather Service lists them; preliminary values may be revised.